| 1 | 1 | | By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2105 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the |
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| 11 | 11 | | imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 1502.002(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) A municipality may acquire, purchase, construct, |
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| 16 | 16 | | improve, enlarge, equip, operate, or maintain any property, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including channels or bodies of water known as resacas, interests |
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| 18 | 18 | | in property, buildings, structures, activities, services, |
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| 19 | 19 | | operations, or other facilities, with respect to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) a utility system; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a park; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) a swimming pool. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 1502.057, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The board of trustees having management and control of a |
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| 26 | 26 | | utility system located in a county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico |
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| 27 | 27 | | and bordering the United Mexican States may impose and collect the |
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| 28 | 28 | | charges authorized under this section for services provided by the |
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| 29 | 29 | | utility system. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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